Does this sound like a dry socket?!
Question: OK, I am 19, and I had a baby tooth in my mouth. Upper right side, tooth 4. It broke off and all that was left was the root, and then it got an abscess on it. I went to the dentist on Tuesday morning and had it pulled. It is now Thursday night and it kills. My dentist game me no meds as he said it was a baby tooth, and it would be fine. It hurts really bad when I am not drugged up on OTC meds. I went to the dentist earlier this afternoon and he said, well it is definitely not a dry socket, let me clean it up for you, then you can be on your way. He proceeded to clean me with saline, then told the nurse lady to go get the dry socket paste.Then he packed me with with nasty green paste which hurt horribly, and said it would fall out tomorrow, and not to smoke, eat reg food, etc. for 72 hours, so I would not disrupt it, and if anything, he wanted it to stay in for at least a few hours. No more than 5 mins after I got home did the paste fall out. I smoke and have continued. Is this bad?
Answers: OK, I am 19, and I had a baby tooth in my mouth. Upper right side, tooth 4. It broke off and all that was left was the root, and then it got an abscess on it. I went to the dentist on Tuesday morning and had it pulled. It is now Thursday night and it kills. My dentist game me no meds as he said it was a baby tooth, and it would be fine. It hurts really bad when I am not drugged up on OTC meds. I went to the dentist earlier this afternoon and he said, well it is definitely not a dry socket, let me clean it up for you, then you can be on your way. He proceeded to clean me with saline, then told the nurse lady to go get the dry socket paste.Then he packed me with with nasty green paste which hurt horribly, and said it would fall out tomorrow, and not to smoke, eat reg food, etc. for 72 hours, so I would not disrupt it, and if anything, he wanted it to stay in for at least a few hours. No more than 5 mins after I got home did the paste fall out. I smoke and have continued. Is this bad?
You are not supposed to smoke for a minimum of 24 hours after an extraction, no spitting, no sipping through a straw, do not pack the hole once bleeding has stopped or you can break out the clot, no carbonated beverages. Get some oil of cloves and drop some in the hole. This will burn but help it heal. QUIT SMOKING, NO smoking until the hole heals. You need to not smoke for at least 48-72 hours. If this does not work, go back and see your dentist. Your dentist may not have wanted to suggest it was a dry socket b/c you never see dry sockets with baby teeth, but did you tell him u smoked? Get a nicotine patch and some gum unless you want to keep hurting. Smoking dries out the clot, prevents healing, and slows healing. If there is no hole, you probably don't have a dry socket. But, you may have infected tissue in the hole instead of good tissue. This may be giving off the illusion of no hole when in fact it is a hole stuffed with infected pus and tissue.
um, lets see, your DR (dentist) said DO NOT SMOKE and you smoked?
you tell me?
ps: can you spell IDIOCY?
wow that sounds really weird. I had dry socket when I got my wisdom teeth out and it was horribly painful. Generally Id just say to trust the dentist, but this just sounds weird. I would say wait a few days and see if it still really hurts. Also, its really really important to be rinsing your water with saline solution every day. I didn't do that, and thats exactly how I got dry socket. It sucks but its worth it in the long run. I hope that helped a little bit.... sorry I couldn't help more!
Yes. The act of smoking (sucking in) is what causes dry sockets. That is what you have. And, that's what's causing your pain. You should have listened. And ... in your defense (I am a former smoker) they shouldn't expect a smoker to "quit" for 72 hours. Sorry you are hurting. CALL YOUR DENTIST if it gets worse (anytime day or night!). Good Luck!
The sucking is preventing the blood clot from forming. I smoke and I know it is hard but you absolutely cannot while this is healing. Yes, it definitely sounds like a dry socket to me. Been there, done that. Go back to that idiot tomorrow and have him do more than give you lip service.
LOL i'm sorry, but the first person's feelings are exactly what mine are.
you shouldn't have smoked. you totally screwed up the paste, which would have healed the spot. now you need to go back, and explain to the dentist that you screwed up. he's probably going to be a little irritated that you didn't listen to him.
next time, follow doctor's orders.
edit-sorry, you really made it sound like you smoked during the time the dentist told you not to. and sorry, but i have a hard time with smokers who ask me to "feel" for them. you brought this upon yourself.
Tooth #4 is NOT a baby tooth, it is the maxillary right second premolar (a permanent tooth). Either you're mistaken, or your dentist was. At 19 years of age, I wouldn't expect you to still have a baby tooth in that area, either, unless you had a retained baby tooth due to the permanent tooth being impacted or congenitally missing. It isn't nearly as common to get a dry socket in the top jaw as it is in the bottom jaw, but it can happen.
When a tooth is extracted, the hole that is left needs to fill up with blood and form a clot in order to heal. Anything that could dislodge that clot (smoking, swishing, spitting, etc.) could give you a dry socket. Ignoring your doctor's orders wasn't a great idea. Extreme pain several days after an extraction is NOT normal, though, so you probably should give his office a call.
And next time, follow his instructions.